[Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:09:30 -0500
Yes, I'm sure you're right. Regional differences apply. As does
paint costs. Anything with pearl or metallics in it will be more
expensive. My white car, which doesn't have any of those in it,
I don't believe, might end up cheaper to get repainted.
Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio
-'95 White MTX
'96 Brake Upgrade
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 12/02/2003 09:41:22 AM:
> I think things are a bit more expensive up here in New England. But Come
on
> dude its GREEN they called Al up and got a better bumper cover for 50
and
> installed it for you :)
>
> I want to go from Memory but a qt of the 94-95 Blue cost me 68 bucks at
my
> Dupont store, also having a buddy that worked there I got the Tech
School
> price which was about 9 bucks less then my buddies body shop price. And
> reading what goes into that color amazed me! I also have a Rose Mist 97
> that is being reconstructed (Jim Fislof's old one) and I needed to get a
qt
> for the under hood and fender linings, that was 80$ per qt!
>
> Heres a good one, Fred Hurders car (blue 95 ATX) spoiler light went out,
he
> asked if he could take one from the 10 that I have upstairs. I said like
I
> really care :) so he goes and gets one to take apart it was a "GREEN"
one..
> get this it was a repainted one that was the 94-95 BLUE.. DOH..
>
> Kirk J Doucette
> NESHOC President
> Stormtrooper-97 White
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:07 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
>
> I'd lean more towards $100 for just a spoiler. When I had my green
> car, I had a gouge fixed in the front bumper, a complete sanding to
> get rid of the nuclear bugs embedded in the plastic, and repainted
> for $250. And they took it off and put it back on. I would think if
> you took a spoiler off and brought it in, you could get a scuff-and-
> shoot done for not more than $150. Maybe less.
>
> Of course, YMMV.
>
>
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
>
> -'95 White MTX
> '96 Brake Upgrade
>
> Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
>
>
>
>
> shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 12/02/2003 08:30:33 AM:
>
> > Average people would easily pay 100-200 to a body shop..
> >
> > Pain
> > Prep
> > Labor
> >
> > It adds up quickly When you need a quart of you Blue with all the
> Powdered
> > pearl in it let me know what you pay.:)
> >
> > Kirk J Doucette
> > NESHOC President
> > Stormtrooper-97 White
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> > Behalf Of Ron Porter
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:15 AM
> > To: 'Mike Kopstain'; shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
> >
> > 5 minute swap???? If I'm not mistaken, all of the posts in this thread
> > basically seem to be saying that it's about 5 minutes times about a
100.
> >
> > With the limited number of SHO colors, finding one in your color
should
> not
> > be too tough.
> >
> > And $150 to paint the spoiler is the "bendover" price. Even so, for
$100
> for
> > paint it still appears to be worth it versus the grief that this job
> looks
> > to be.
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Kopstain [mailto:SHOtimes@midwestsho.com]
> > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:38 PM
> > To: Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
> >
> >
> > Why do that when it's a 5 minute swap to change the LED assembly...
> >
> > Plus you can save yourself the $150.00 it costs to paint the spoiler.
> >
> > ~ Mike
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> > To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:17 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
> >
> >
> > > For anybody with a burned out LED (and not just a bad wire), isn't
the
> > > obvious solution to just get a used spoiler from Al?? Even if it
needs
> to
> > be
> > > repainted, it sounds like a much easier solution!!
> > >
> > > Ron Porter
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > > On Behalf Of Jim and Debbie Leyden
> > > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:45 PM
> > > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
> > >
> > >
> > > When I opened up a bad one it looked like the LED's were wired in
> several
> > > series circuits but I couldn't tell what caused a total failure of
the
> > > entire light. IIRC Al Fitz said that the most common failure that
he
> has
> > > seen is the supply or ground wires breaking.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of James F. Ryan III
> > > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:33 AM
> > > To: Rbade12@aol.com; john_sho92@yahoo.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
> > >
> > >
> > > If the LEDs are in series, the whole unit wouldn't work if a single
> LED
> > was
> > > bad.
> > >
> > > James F. Ryan III
> > >
> > > >Has anyone had any experience with the replacement of
> > > >a bad LED? I see they reccommend replacing it becuase
> > > >it's in series and such, but how can one open the
> > > >casing up? It's all glued together by the factory
> > > >pretty good.. Any ideas or tips?
> > >
> > > >I tried, with partial success. The halves of the unit can be
> cut/heated
> > > >apart. Cut down as far as you can around the entire unit, then use
> > > >a heat gun to
> > > >warm things up. It took awhile to do, but they did come apart. I
> > > >had degradation
> > > >along the entire length of the circuit, so replacement of the bad
> > > >LED did not
> > > >completely cure my problem, i.e. all LED's worked, but the light
> given
> > off
> > > >was dull. IMO this is one job not worth screwing around with. $50
> > > >should get you
> > > >a working unit.
> > > >
> > > >Bob 93 MTX- tucked away for a long winters nap
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